Articles for My Name is Earl Season 2

Stop motion engineer Rob Ronning and his team, whose credits include Nightmare Before Christmas, have been given the task of creating a two minute stop-motion animated sequence featuring the characters of My Name is Earl for the comedys November 18th episode.In the episode, one of the characters suffers a bump on the noggin and starts seeing the world in Tim Burton-vision (or Rankin Bass vision if your a purist, like me.) The additional two minutes of footage are also being used to expand the episodes time slot cut in on-top of My Name is Earls normal running time.If stop motion animation rednecks werent surreal enough, the episode of My Name is Earl will also feature a guest appearance from Christian Slater. Read more »

Ugly Betty premiered and proved fairly stiff competition for Survivor, scoring a 4.9 ratings share to Survivors 5.8. Greys Anatomy beat CSI again, which makes feel warm and fuzzy inside. My Name is Earl is still trending downward and, for the second week in a row, The Office has improved on Earls ratings in the second half of the nine oclock hour. ER is still holding steady, leading the ten oclock hour in front of ABCs new and boring Six Degrees. -Oscar Dahl, BuddyTV Senior Writer Read more »

Tonight marks the first time since "Seinfeld" was on the air that NBC can truly say Thursday is Must-See TV. Its rare these days to find a two-hour block of comedy on network television, let alone good comedy. Comprised of, in order, My Name is Earl, The Office, Scrubs, and 30 Rock, NBCs new Thursday night schedule is the biggest coup of the season, at least to me. NBC may be struggling these days, but I really like what theyve done this season. They only canceled one show I liked (Kidnapped), and kept on two very good shows (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Friday Night Lights) that have been receiving mediocre ratings. Read more »

Well, so it begins. The carousel is getting started and the under performing television programs are meeting their inevitable fates. I dont totally disagree with anything that either FOX or NBC are doing, but I always question the point of producing shows that any normal guy could see were destined for failure.Who on earth thought that the Lithgow/Tambor golden years comedy 20 Good Years would succeed? Anyone? Well, no more. 20 Good Years has been given the old boot and will be replaced by, to add insult to injury, a special two-hour edition of The Biggest Loser. Ouch.Heres the complete rundown of the changes: Read more »

My Name is Earl, The Office, Scrubs, and 30 Rock, all in a row. Could a comedy lover ask for more? NBC, finally, wisely, brought back the Must-See Thursday line-up, a sight for sore eyes. Live action comedy has been in dire straits over the last few years; this NBC line-up comprises four of the best five live-action comedies on network TV.Start Page / #10 / #9 / #8 / #7 / #6 / #5 / #4 / #3 / #2 / #1 Read more »

The category of Best Actor in a Comedy Series has always been full of heavyweights. This year is no different. The Golden Globe nominees in this category are big names and all quite deserving, but I have a couple questions (though they may be deemed moot for eligibility reasons). The dearth of comedy on TV these days has thinned out the field, but what remains is still formidable.Digressing for a second; Isnt it about time we nominate voice actors in a category? Think about who would be nominated in a Best Voice Actor - Comedy category: Read more »

Earl is once again served up the opportunity to right a past wrong when Pierre, a french foregin exchange student he tormented in school turns up to get a little revenge of his own. After giving Earl an impressive headbutt, Earl snatches his passport to try to keep him around a while so he can show Pierre the joys of America. Like a good french stereotype, Pierre turns his nose up at everything Earl shows him until he lays eyes on catalina. The smitten frenchmens passes are quickly picked up by an otherwise slow witted Randy.After Randy chokes Pierre, Earl confronts him and tells him that he must tell Catalina how he feels. This is the moment a lot of fans have waited for ever since Randy called dibs. So, Randy does just that, right out in front of everyone at the bar. Catalina at first seems to agree, expressing her love for Randy... but a lip biting look at Earl reveals she isnt sincere. Uh Oh Read more »

Ranked #39 in Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 list, Nadine Velazquez easily captures the crowd with her breathtaking beauty. This Puerto Rican-American actress has a drop dead gorgeous body, which gets the viewers even more hooked. She is indeed sexy, yet she exudes a youthful glow that depicts her playful and lighthearted personality. Her inclusion on the television series My Name is Earl escalates her to fame, and has earned her a number of positive reviews like being named one of USA Today’s “Five Rising Stars To Watch Closely” and one of Daily Variety’s “Ten Actor’s To Watch” in 2005. Read more »

Jason Lee is popularly known not just as a Golden Globe Award nominated actor, but as a former professional skateboarder as well. His tenacity in life brought him numerous accomplishments and achievements despite his unfinished education. Whether in sports or in the showbiz world, his success has made his reputation very pleasing to the public eye. Handsome when neat and tidy, hilariously cute when rough and rugged, he gives spark to the show My Name is Earl. Read more »

Fans of the hit comedy series, My Name is Earl, can expect to experience something new in next Thursday’s episode, and the NBC network is calling it “Laugh ‘n” Sniff.” In the hopes of attracting more viewers to the show, the network will be placing special scratch-and-sniff cards inside next week’s issues of TV Guide. The cards, which will contain a variety of smells like obnoxious cologne, Oreo cookies under numbered boxes and new car smell, can be rubbed off by viewers each time an instruction to do so appears on screen. Read more »

Jaime Pressly, cast member on My Name Is Earl, won’t be giving birth until the mid-May. However, balancing her pregnant condition with her work on the NBC comedy series has made her tired and weary. According to her interview with TV Guide, she is looking forward to finally getting the baby out.Pressly expressed her fatigue and frustration, saying, “In your first trimester, you could fall asleep standing up, you wake up so tired. The first and third trimester is when your body does all the baby growing. Second trimester is bliss. And then it goes to the third trimester, when you want to absolutely stab your eyes out with a pencil because you cant believe how fat youve gotten, your hips hurt and you cant sleep at night. You want to eat your hand off every five seconds. Its like, ‘Get this child out of me!’" Read more »

Two leading actors from the NBC hit comedy series,My Name Is Earl, can be expected to create a stir on the big screen once again. Jason Lee, who portrays reformed lottery winner Earl Hickey, will star in the film adaptation of Alvin and the Chipmunks, while his co-star, Jamie Pressly, who plays Earl’s devious ex-wife Joy Turner, will be heard in the upcoming feature animation, Horton Hears A Who! Both films will be released this December. Read more »

My Name Is Earl concludes its second season with the long awaited trial of Earl Hickey’s ex-wife, Joy, played by Jaime Pressly, along with a surprisingly unexpected twist to hold viewers over to the next season. Along the way to the cliffhanger ending, Earl still finds time to check in on several past characters and even manages to squeeze in one last adorable little fling before his list manages to bite him one last time. Read more »

Jaime Pressly’s struggle with pregnancy is over at last! After experiencing much difficulty in balancing her work on My Name Is Earl and her pregnancy, and after revealing her eagerness to give birth, the 29-year old actress has finally delivered a 6 lbs., 4 oz. baby boy on Friday, May 11. According to People, Pressly and fiancé Eric Cubich named their son Dezi James, which came from Desi Arnaz, a famous Cuban performer.Earlier this month, Pressly has expressed her fatigue and frustration over her pregnancy, saying, “In your first trimester, you could fall asleep standing up, you wake up so tired. The first and third trimester is when your body does all the baby growing. Second trimester is bliss. And then it goes to the third trimester, when you want to absolutely stab your eyes out with a pencil because you cant believe how fat youve gotten, your hips hurt and you cant sleep at night. You want to eat your hand off every five seconds. Its like, ‘Get this child out of me!’" Read more »

In an uncommon sign of good sense, NBC has announced that theyll attempt to rekindle that old "Must See TV" magic and schedule the networks four best comedies from 8-10PM on Thursday nights. In order, NBC will air My Name is Earl, The Office, Scrubs, and 30 Rock one after the other.Thank the Lord. I cant believe its taken this long for NBC to consolidate the (far and away) best comedies they produce. Those fours shows are, arguably, the four best live-action comedies on TV today (although, How I Met Your Mother might have something to say about that). What took NBC so long? Read more »

Finally.After a month of holidays, egg nog, and more Snoopy and Ralphie Parker than one knows what to do with, were finally back to normal. January is upon us, 2007 has begun its tyrannical, 300-plus day reign, and our favorite TV shows will no longer bludgeon us with repeats. Tomorrow, January 3rd, brings the return of a couple of our favorites, as well as two brand new shows.After that, the flood begins, and over the next month virtually every original program will air new episodes. A full list of the returning dates for most every show on television is after the jump. Read more »